To: Kartographer
I’ve heard of using automatic transmission fluid.
5 posted on
09/05/2012 4:15:08 PM PDT by
MachIV
To: MachIV
Look up “Ed’s Red” ... It’s a homebrew cleaner and lubricant. Works very well for me.
27 posted on
09/05/2012 5:07:55 PM PDT by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: MachIV
I’ve heard of using automatic transmission fluid.
ATF is part of the formula for the homemade gun cleaner/lubricant "Ed's Red". Hence the "red" part. It's been years since I mixed any up, because I made enough to last a loooooooong time. I'm thinking Kerosene, ATF, and maybe Acetone? I'll have to look it up again to be sure.
To: MachIV
It was pretty common to use 5606 (hydraulic fluid) on the air 60s, mostly for cleaning. Very similar to xmission fluid, or at least it’s red.
Speaking of red, “Ed’s Red” is great stuff. It’s a homebrew cleaner preservative, a modern variant on a recipe from one of the old arsenals.
The “red” part comes from Dexron - tranny fluid - along with Acetone, Kerosene, etc.
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